Not so long ago, four days to be exact, the world was celebrating the start of a new year. Dreams and aspirations would fly around in the heads of those who would be inspired by a new start and a clean slate, that they had been metaphorically given by a change in date, another day. I would sit and think to myself I would like to see changes in not only my life, but the world around me. That hopefully this would be the year that the media somehow takes a massive leap in helping to bash those negative stereotypes, portraying people how they really look and not a 'perfect' photo shopped mess. A year in which there is bound to be another leap forward in digital technology, and that we need to realise how susceptible young people are to the internet, what they read and what they are prompted to post themselves. A year in which people should be making a bigger deal about equality, I myself think there shouldn't even need to be a big deal made about for example same sex couples, disability etc., but obviously some people still feel the need to abuse and mentally and physically hate those that are not the same as how they view themselves.
Although this blog is titled, 'A Newfound Respect', this post is in no way a respect to what I witnessed on the illusive social network site, Twitter last night. Some may argue that Towie's Gemma Collins should expect some backlash from going on a TV show that typically requires someone physically fit. My argument is that there should be no argument, why the hell should you criticize someone who admits she wants to inspire plus sized people to not give s*** about their weight and to feel confident in themselves. When scrolling down the tag of this week's new episode of Splash, where celebrities have a hand in learning to perform dives with Tom Daley, later performing them and getting a score on the show, I saw some downright hurtful and disgusting things that people obviously thought they needed to share to get their own narcissistic enjoyment out of. A few examples show below:
